NFL quarterbacks who have posted a passer rating of zero
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In the National Football League, the lowest official passer rating that a quarterback can achieve is 0.0, commonly called a Blutarsky, after John Belushi's character in National Lampoon's Animal House, who posted a 0.00 grade point average. An unknown number of Blutarskies have been thrown in NFL history, one of which occurred in the Super Bowl. This is a list-in-progress of those quarterbacks:
Quarterback | Date | Team(Points) | Opponent(Points) | CMP | ATT | YDS | TDS | INT | Notes |
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Craig Morton | 1/15/1978 | Denver Broncos(10) | Dallas Cowboys(27) | 4 | 15 | 39 | 0 | 4 | Super Bowl XII. |
Randy Fasani | 10/27/2002 | Carolina Panthers(9) | Tampa Bay Buccaneers(12) | 5 | 18 | 46 | 0 | 3 | Only career NFL start. |
Tim Hasselbeck | 12/14/2003 | Washington Redskins(0) | Dallas Cowboys(27) | 6 | 26 | 56 | 0 | 4 | One week after game with 127.1 rating; the following week he posted a rating of 116.9. |
Jeff Garcia | 09/19/2004 | Cleveland Browns(12) | Dallas Cowboys(19) | 8 | 27 | 71 | 0 | 3 | Uncharacteristic of Garcia, who, before this game had the fourth-highest passer rating in NFL history. |
Mark Brunell | 11/14/2004 | Washington Redskins(10) | Cincinnati Bengals(17) | 1 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | Pulled from the game in the second quarter. |
Eli Manning | 12/12/2004 | New York Giants(14) | Baltimore Ravens(37) | 4 | 18 | 27 | 0 | 2 | Pulled from the game in the fourth quarter. |
Chris Chandler | 12/19/2004 | St. Louis Rams(7) | Arizona Cardinals(31) | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Played only one quarter. |
Joey Harrington | 12/17/2006 | Miami Dolphins(0) | Buffalo Bills(21) | 5 | 17 | 20 | 0 | 2 | Has the lowest overall passer rating and completion percentage of any quarterback to start and finish two seasons (2003, 2004). |
Rex Grossman | 12/31/2006 | Chicago Bears(7) | Green Bay Packers(26) | 2 | 12 | 33 | 0 | 3 | Just four weeks after a game in which he posted a 1.3 rating. |